| Sumario: | The purpose of this study was to examine the role that goal involvement may have in impacting aspects of self-regulation under negative feedback conditions. In two separate experiments, athletes (N1 = 31; N2 = 37) were placed in either a task- or ego-involving condition and engaged in three trials of a motor task in which they received negative feedback. At the end of the task, participants completed manipulation check items, a strategy use measure, and items representing self-defeating thoughts. The achievement goal conditions and negative feedback were successfully manipulated. In the first experiment, a one-way MANOVA revealed that those athletes receiving the task involvement induction used more self-regulatory and self-control strategies and fewer self-defeating thoughts than participants under the ego involvement induction. In the second experiment, athletes in the task-involving condition used more self-regulatory strategies than those in the ego-involving condition. These results suggested that focusing on task involvement might help athletes engage in more effective self-regulatory processes. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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